Opening in South African cinemas on Friday, Augsut 12 is the live action re-imagining of Disney’s cherished family film, Pete’s Dragon. The film tells the story of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. Continue reading
Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, will be the next and final screening for season two at FilmClub in Pietermaritzburg. Catch it at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street at 7 pm on Tuesday, August 9. Continue reading
Edwin van der Walt in ‘My Father’s War’. Photos: Jennifer Wheatley
The new South African film, My Father’s War, which will be released nationwide on August 5 is a bilingual drama which focuses on the broken relationship between a father and his rebellious teenage son. Continue reading
Richard Madden and Lily James in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at The Garrick Theatre, London. Photo: Johan Persson
Due to issues with the delivery of the hard drive, the screening dates for Branagh Theatre Live’s production of Romeo and Juliet, have been rescheduled. Please see updated screening dates / times / venues, as listed below (for further information, please visit: www.cinemanouveau.co.za)
10, 11 and 13 August at 19:30; 14 August at 14:30 – screening at Cinema Nouveau Rosebank Mall, Johannesburg and Cinema Nouveau Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria
11 and 13 August at 19:30; 14 August at 14:30 – screening at Cinema Nouveau V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
13 August at 19:30; 14 August at 14:30 – screening at Cinema Nouveau Gateway, Durban
Branagh Theatre Live’s William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is one of three productions from the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company which is being screened around the world during its year-long Plays at the Garrick season. Continue reading
FilmClub will be screening Lucrecia Martel’s The Headless Woman at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg, at 7 pm on Tuesday, July 26. Continue reading
Queen at the Hammersmith Odeon. Photo: Douglas Puddifoot
Ster-Kinekor Theatres is hosting the exclusive screening of Queen: A Night in Bohemia on Saturday, July 23 at 8 pm, Sunday, July 24 at 2.30 pm, and Tuesday, July 26 at 8 pm, at select cinemas.
This special cinema event includes the monumental and energetic Queen concert, which was filmed live on Christmas Eve 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London; and a never-seen-before documentary featuring footage of Freddie Mercury, recently discovered live performance footage, interviews with all four band members, outtakes, backstage clips and sessions for the first-ever recording of Bohemian Rhapsody, the ground breaking, chart-topping British single from A Night at the Opera.
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As part of its July Ciné Club, the Alliance Française in Durban will be screening the French comedy, 9 Mois Ferme (9 Month Stretch), at 6 pm on Wednesday, July 13 at Alliance Française de Durban,22 Sutton Crescent, Corner Lilian Ngoyi (Windermere) Road, Morningside. Admission is free and there is a cash bar available. Continue reading
FilmClub will be screening Chilean director, Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria, at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg at 7 pm on Tuesday, July 12. Continue reading
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced the Audience Choice Awards for the best DIFF film and the top Wavescape film at this year’s festival. Continue reading
The Clive Read documentary, We Came in Spring Carts, will be screened at the Early Morning Market in Durban at 2 pm on Tuesday, July 2. Entry is free.
The documentary tells the story of the conflict in 2009 between traders of Durban’s Early Morning Market and the Durban City Council over the proposed development of a mall on the site of the Market – in the presence of the traders.
Black Coffee productions are kindly sponsoring the screen, audio and projector.
Photo: Beverley Sigamoney
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